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The Kumaon Regimental Centre, established at Ranikhet, recruits Kumaoni people from the Kumaon division of Uttarakhand, and Ahirs from the Haryana, Rajasthan (combined region also known as Ahirwal) and Uttar Pradesh.
Ranikhet (Kumaoni: Rānikhèt) is a hill station and cantonment town, near Almora Town in Almora district [1] in the Indian state of Uttarakhand.It is the home of the Military Hospital, Kumaon Regiment [2] (KRC) and Naga Regiment [2] and is maintained by the Indian Army.
Units of the Regiment of Artillery that have equipment other than weapons are listed below. These units mainly have Surveillance and Target Acquisition (SATA) equipment, Surveillance and target acquisition is a military role assigned to units and/or their equipment.
The first battalion of the regiment (1 Naga) was raised at the Kumaon Regimental Centre, Ranikhet on 1 November 1970 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel. R.N. Mahajan, VSM . Being the only battalion, it was then designated as the Naga Regiment.
The people of Kumaon are known as Kumaonis and speak the Kumaoni language. Kumaon is home to a famous Indian Army regiment, the Kumaon Regiment. The hill town Nainital is its administrative centre and this is where the Uttarakhand high court is located. [8] Other notable hill towns of Kumaon are Almora, Ranikhet, Pithoragarh, Champawat and ...
¶ The Dogra Regiment, Garhwal Rifles, Kumaon Regiment have a scout battalion each, in addition to the above-mentioned battalions. Arunachal Scouts is affiliated to Assam Regiment, Ladakh Scouts to Jammu and Kashmir Rifles and Sikkim Scouts is to 11 Gorkha Rifles.
This song is the official regiment song of the Kumaon Regiment of Indian Army. The Kumaon Regiment has its headquarter at Ranikhet, Almora district. The song also serves as the cultural anthem for the Kumaoni people worldwide. [8]
On 23 October 1917, during the World War I, a Kumaon Battalion was raised at Ranikhet as the "4/39th Kumaon Rifles". In 1918, this unit was redesignated as the 1st battalion, 50th Kumaon Rifles, and a second battalion was raised. These were merged with the Hyderabad Contingent into the 19th Hyderabad Regiment in 1922.